Monday, December 09, 2013

Interview with Norwgion band Eron

Norwegian
band Eron are a young, up-and-coming, groove-infused (and downright
dangerous!) heavy thrash metal act whose latest release, "Never Enough",
has been blaring from my stereo since I first caught wind of it!
Recently I shoot a few questions towards this bunch and they were kind
enough to serve them back to me with a slice of Norwegian
potato-topped pizza! Yum! Enjoy everyone! Oh, and you can read all about the band's sweet release right here:

Andy (A)-Before we begin I
just want to thank you for putting aside the time to answer a few questions for
us here at Heavy Metal Time Machine. Could you give us a rundown on whose who
in the band please?

Eron(E)-Hey! Thanks
for your time, writing a review of us, and for having us interviewed.
In the band we got four members: Benjamin Danielsen on bass and vocals, Fredrik
Westby on drums, and Jan Aure and Edi Hasic on guitars.

A-How
did Eron come to be?

E-Eron was originally founded in 2007. During the
following 3 years, the sound and the visual of the band evolved to pretty much
how we express ourselves today. Since 2010, our lineup has been stable (knock
on wood!), and we consider it to be the beginning of the band as we are today.
2010 was a "we're done with fucking around" year. Haha!

A-Is
their a story behind your band's name? I do have to say that your name (and I
guess album art for matter) is, um, "different" considering the type
of music you play!

E-Thanks! We ARE "different". We are
Norwegian that don’t play Black Metal or sing about the Fox. J
Unfortunately, there isn't a specific story behind our name. We think it's in
some way influenced by an indie horror movie from the 70s. We kept it for a few
years, and made a name for ourselves in the underground metal scene in Oslo …and
to be honest, we couldn't think of anything better.
The album art, the whole point is that it IS different. The normal metal album
arts out there are usually black with skulls and scary motives. Our album art
is made to be as a contrast to our music, because you should never judge a book
by its cover.

A-Speaking of which, your sound seems to channel the spirit of the eighties.
Given your band members ages and all I have to give you props for that. Did you
guys grow up surrounding by the sounds of the eighties (either through your
parents or older siblings) or was it something you just discovered on your own?

E-The only member of our band that has actually
experienced the glorious days of heavy metal is Fredrik, and he couldn't even
walk, but he could headbang.
None of the members comes from a particularly headbanging, heavy metal family,
but during our teenage years our taste for music became heavier, and landed eventually
on the sweet spot of the eighties. We listen to all types of music, but nothing
hits us harder than that era. We love the dirty, honest sound and that the
bands all have an unique sound compared to metal today.
A-Who are some of your favorite bands?
Eighties or otherwise.

E-This is probably the hardest question for us as we
love tons of bands, but we can give you some that has influenced the four of
us. First off, we have to mention the Giants from the 80s. You guys know who
they are, but there are bands that aren't that obvious compared to our music.
They are bands like Gojira, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Rammstein,
Tool, System of a Down, Opeth, In Flames, Satyricon, Sepultura, Lamb of God,
Trivium, Mastodon and the list goes on and on. We could seriously do this all
night, but this gives a little insight of bands we love.

A-Are
there any other local bands that you think our readers should check out?

E-According to Edi and Fredrik, Stonegard is the best
metal band in at least Norway. Benjamin thinks Bigbang is the best Norwegian
rock band, and Jan loves Audrey Horne! There are a lot of good bands of all
genres here in Norway, everything from Black Metal to Rock; these are the first
that come to mind. Oh! And you should also check out our buddies in VOID! They
rock!VOID: https://play.spotify.com/track/7x4QKulc6R7JvYbRAysxZF

A-I'll have to check those
bands out then! Now, back to your album and I just have to say that it
sounds quite professional and the way in which it was recorded
seems to have captured your sound almost perfectly. How was that
achieved? Who
produced "Never Enough"?

E-"Never Enough" is produced by a guy named
Tim Viksand of Sweet Sound Productions (http://sweetsound.no/). He understood what
we wanted, and was able to give us that. What's funny is that he also is about
the same age as us, and also a big 80s metal fan. Fredrik knew him from before,
and we were the first metal band he ever worked with, which he thought was
pretty cool. He liked our music, and that is of course a good thing! The whole
process was quite fun and a great experience! You could easily say we enjoyed
working together, and it turned out great.

A-For
our readers who would like to pick up a copy of "Never Enough" where
should I direct them?

E- Send an e-mail to eronband(at)gmail.com. We would
be happy! Red, white, blue or green? -What's your color?

A-Personally red! What
made you decide to release different color covers of "Never Enough"?
I really think that is a pretty novel idea all around!

E-We wanted to prove that you don't always need long
hair, or have dark album art to be a metal band. Color is something that stands
out in the crowd, and gives us some diversity. Maybe it will reach out for
someone who likes metal, but not necessarily the way it looks? It was a fun
idea as the album art was quite simple. We've got great feedback from everyone
regarding the different colors.

A-Well, like I said it's a cool idea! So, what
does 2014 hold for Eron?

E-Playing shows is why we love playing in this band,
so 2014 will hopefully be a year where we can play lot of them, and hopefully
throughout Norway, and not only in Oslo. We want also to try and spread our
album out to people who love metal just as much as we do, and to people who
haven't quite figured out this wonderful music that unites so many people. In the end, we want people to get "Never
Enough" of us!

A-I'll
let you have the last word. Anything you'd like to share with our readers? Have
a favorite show you'd like to talk about? Favorite recipe? The mic is all yours
so fire away!

E-Besides our music, Jan and Benjamin are
electricians, Fredrik is an engineer and carpenter while Edi is studying
geology.

...Speaking of food, a favorite recipe is the world's
greatest pizza: Skip the meat and tomato sauce, add the traditional Norwegian
potato to this Italian dish, and you've got yourself a potato pizza! Put some
cheese on top of your pizza crust, and slice potatoes on top. Add some feta
cheese, fresh rosemary, olives, and olive oil and sea salt - it will truly become your
favorite too!

"So, in closing, fuck you METAL MARK. Fuck you, fuck Lynch Mob, and fuck your shitty website!”
“I don't know who this METAL MARK is, but I know better than to waste my time checking out anything else written by this asshole”
-Mike